Chapter 100: The Decline of the Giants I

With the finalization of the first aircraft, the research direction of the master company began to be determined, and entered the high-speed channel, at least with a full set of civilian technology, the master company did not need to conduct a lot of research before the production of ordinary jets.

In fact, there is not a very big difference between civilian science and technology and military technology, taking airplanes as an example, huge passenger planes can be completely modified into transport planes -- used in national defense! It's just that some of the features need to be modified. And such a modification, for a company producing passenger aircraft, is not difficult! A huge airliner does not necessarily have much less technology than a fighter jet!

For master companies, the most difficult thing is actually the training of grassroots personnel, and now, with the formation of the first aircraft, grassroots workers have also begun to grow rapidly.

Whether it is chipsets, software or special materials, it can bring far more profits than gold mines to master companies. Of course, when the master company rises, it is inevitable to infringe on the interests of other companies and countries!

The market is so big, if you start a small company, forget it, you can't bite a few bites at all; But the master company now uses its own strength to show that it is not a small company, but a greedy wolf, and if you open your mouth casually, you will let the market be destroyed!

Galdon Monason, the current CEO of Intel, is now having a headache. The strong rise of the master company has brought a lot of trouble to Intel!

The first is the high-end market, in fact, the high-end market is very narrow, and there are very few people who can afford high-end computers, and there are even fewer who need this! Especially with the rise of master companies, a large number of former Intel's core customers have shifted positions. For these adopters, functionality comes first.

However, when it comes to price, the performance of the products of the master company cannot be said except that there may be some mismatch in the hardware. Theoretically, because the chip of the master company uses the magnetic field operation function, as long as the voltage is sufficient, the computing power can be infinitely improved. Of course, due to the reality of the material, the chip voltage output by the master company is limited to below 36V; The maximum voltage of the chip issued in Huaxia has reached 220V.

As the most direct competitor, Intel has not resorted to other means. For example, to discredit the master company - do you see that the price sold by the master company is completely killing people! For the same product, they only have 10,000 yuan of Huaxia coins in China! The equivalent of US dollars is only 2000; But their products abroad sold for millions of dollars! It's too bad.

This is a fact, and the reply of the master company to this is: love or not! A strong mess!

In fact, even if Intel has cut the price now, the million-dollar processor core performance is just comparable to that of the master company. But one is the size of a small USB flash drive; One requires a suitcase-sized box to install. Of course, through guò price reduction sales and so on, Intel has not lost all the market, but it is undeniable that the situation is very unoptimistic.

As the chips of the master company continue to innovate, the pressure on Intel has been increasing. Although the low-end market is also a huge interest, once the high-end market is lost, the low-end market is simply difficult to support the survival of an international enterprise! What kind of market determines what kind of survival height!

Today, Intel Corporation is in the midst of a conference, a very critical one!

Gordon sat upright, and below sat the sales side and then the production side.

"Let's sit down and report down on the sales side first." Gordon opened his tired eyes, never thinking that Intel would have such a difficult day.

A middle-aged sales director turned on the computer and began to display: "As of the end of March, 5 million low-end and mid-end sales have been completed this year, with an operating income of about 8 billion US dollars." This represents a year-on-year increase of 1 5,000 sets were sold in the high-end and mid-to-high-end markets, with an operating income of $2.3 billion; Year-on-year, down 30% year-on-year!

We reduced the price by about 14% to maintain some of our customers. ”

Today, Intel has lost almost all of its market in China. It is estimated that, as the master company said, they do not make money at all in civilian chips, and they are completely relying on foreign blood transfusion. But even so, foreign purchases of chips are still very small, and even master companies once reduced the number of supplies.

Listening to the investigation report of the Market Strategy Department, Galdon was even more depressed.

"How's our research going?"

"Your Excellency, I'm sorry. We have completed the hardware upgrade research, which can be compatible with the chips of the master company, but on the core processor, our research still does not make any progress.

A magnetic field is something that cannot be seen or touched, unlike electricity. In terms of electricity, we can realize the calculation through guò open and open circuits; However, in the magnetic field, what we can now touch is only one point: the master company uses the performance of the wave of the magnetic field, and uses the peak and trough calculation of the wave.

However, there is an essential difference between the waves of the magnetic field and the normal physical waves. Physical ripples are up and down; The magnetic field ripples are sparse and dense. We don't know anything about how to control and confine the magnetic field. ”

"Since the supporting hardware has been studied, why can't the chipset be studied, our Keswei master company paid a full price of 100 million yuan, and only then did we find a few different sets of products for you to study!" Gordon was a little on fire.

"Your Excellency, this is the chip used in the calculation of the master company, and the output is still an electronic signal. Obviously, in order to integrate the existing technology, there is a conversion function on the chip of the master company. As a result, we can upgrade our existing hardware technology to keep up with market developments. ”

"That is to say, now, in the high-end market, we have been reduced to the production of accessories for master companies!!"

"I don't want to say it, but I still have to say it! Yes! The technician's answer made the venue a little dull. Is Intel going to fall off the high market?

Gordon was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "From the Strategy Department, how are you talking to Chaowei, gather the strength of the two companies to resist the attack of the master company." ”

"Chaowei Company agreed to form a strategic partnership. However, the specific talks are still deadlocked. What we mean by this is Intel as the main body, and Chaowei as the deputy position. But apparently the other party disagreed, and even proposed to avoid talking unless the interests were shared! The leader of the strategy department rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

"Sharing? Hmph, their technology is so far behind us, why should we share it! "Galdon, of course, was depressed; But that's about it. In fact, with the rise of master companies, the two former chip giants are finally in danger! Now we are starting to think about merging as well!